Globally sourced. Thoughtfully curated.
Beautifully created.
Our story
Founded by Atlanta-based creative director Mary Jo Riddle, MJC Designs is a lifestyle brand rooted in international travel, artisan craft, and a lifelong obsession with finding the beautiful and the unexpected. Every piece – from hand-sourced from around the world horn and bone jewelry to sheer resort coverups and curated bags – is a favorite find, brought home or redesigned by inspiration from MJ’s travels.
MJ’s journey into design began long before MJC Designs had a name. Drawn to fabric and textiles from an early age, she studied Fashion Merchandising and Communications – always with an eye for what was beautiful, original, and worth keeping. Shopping around the world gave her a taste of the buying world: the trade shows, the artisans, the thrill of finding something no one else had found.
My Favorite Discoveries. Curated from Around the World.
This is MJC Designs.
MJ first collection debut began by sourcing vintage luxury brand towels and turning them into resort wear and accessories. From there, she went on buying trips and began to source items that were not easily in the states.
During her safari trip, she noticed materials hanging that she had never seen in any boutique or U.S. showroom – horn, bone, and suede – and began making necklaces from what she found. Those pieces became the signature of MJC Designs: hand-formed, deeply sourced, impossible to replicate.
Inspired by movement
Today, MJC Designs offers jewelry, resort wear, bags, and designs one-of-a-kind pieces, each selected with the same instinct that started it all: if MJ hasn’t fallen in love with it first, it doesn’t come home. The coverup line grew from a simple observation, that a beautiful, sheer layer transforms the entire experience of being at the beach, by the pool, or at lunch, and has since become as much a signature as the bone and horn pieces that started it all.
The world of MJC Designs is inspired by movement: the light of Greece, the markets of Italy, the showrooms of South America. It is a brand for the woman who has been somewhere, who knows what she likes, and who walks into a room with confidence. Each piece is a story. Each collection is a journey. And every find is, above all, a favorite.
